Department Chair. With over 35 years of pastoral and teaching experience, Professor of the Seminary Dr. Thomas Whitehouse brings a passion for careful and deep study of God’s word to the seminary faculty. After his studies at Florida Bible College (B.A.), Capital Bible Seminary (M.A.), and Somerset University (Ph.D.), He pastored churches in San Antonio and the RGV, working mostly in Spanish. He and his wife Angie have nine children and six grandchildren. He ihas been the pastor at Living by Faith Church in McAllen since 2010.

Before joining our faculty as a full professor, he served as adjunct professor at Texas Bible College (1981-1983), National Christian University (1997), Baptist University of the Americas (2001-2004), and Rio Grande Bible Institute (2005-2008). He received Edinburg Theological Seminary’s H. Ridderbos Exegetical Award in 2008, the Outstanding Faculty Award in 2009, and the Spurgeon Preaching Award in 2016. His goal is that the glory of God in Jesus Christ be manifest in every sphere of life through the careful study, meditation, and application of Scripture.

Dr. Whitehouse’s latest publication is “Models of Cultural Transformation” in the premier issue of Fidelity, a scholarly yet practical journal on applying the word of God to every aspect of our culture and our world. It is available here.